Personal readings, self-understanding & spiritual growth
What if nothing
inside you needs
to be fixed?
Radical Acceptance is an approach to inner work based on a simple premise: lasting change does not come from fighting who we are. It begins when we become willing to experience, understand and accept all of ourselves.
If criticism stays with you, the same relationship patterns keep returning, or different parts of you want different things, our archetype cards offer a starting point for reflection.
Inner work, archetypal exploration, workshops, coaching and complementary energy work.
Explore a personal question through an archetype reading
An archetype is a recognizable pattern, such as the part of you that wants to help, take charge, or avoid conflict. A card gives that pattern a name and an image so you can consider how it shows up in your life.
You might bring a recurring reaction, a relationship question, or a wish to understand yourself more clearly. You don’t need to know the cards beforehand. Request a personal reading with Christopher or Ronna, or begin with a self-guided reading.
Would you like a personal reading?
Request a reading with Christopher or Ronna. We’ll email you to arrange the details.
Start with a question or a pattern you’d like to explore. Sending a request does not book or charge for a session.
Looking for coaching? Our individual and couple life coaching sessions are by donation, with the amount up to you. Contact Christopher or Ronna about coaching.
The problem
Most of us learned to divide ourselves into acceptable and unacceptable parts.
We welcome the kind, confident, loving and capable parts. We try to control the angry, frightened, needy, ashamed, selfish or withdrawn ones.
Radical Acceptance begins somewhere different. Rather than asking, “How do I get rid of this?”, we become curious about what the reaction is showing us.
“What can this reaction teach me?”
Ways to explore
Begin wherever you are.
Read about the approach, work with the archetype cards, participate in a workshop, or explore the energetic dimension of the work.
01 · The approach
Radical Acceptance
Learn how our reactions can become guides into the parts of ourselves that have been hidden, rejected or misunderstood.
02 · Self-exploration
Archetype Cards
Explore the functional and dysfunctional expressions of the inner characters that shape how you think, feel and respond.
03 · Work together
Workshops & Coaching
Experience the work directly through workshops, groups and individual exploration.
04 · Complementary work
Energy Healing
A complementary approach focused on balance, connection and creating space for what is already present.
The shift
The goal is not to become a better version of yourself.
It is to stop abandoning the parts of you that do not fit the version you think you should be.
Christopher Oliphant & Ronna Smithrim
Individual and couple coaching, workshops and practical tools for building a more accepting relationship with yourself.
Christopher & Ronna
Inner work without turning yourself into a project.
Our work grew from years of exploring the ways people struggle with the parts of themselves they believe should be different.
Radical Acceptance brings together practical inner work, archetypal exploration and complementary approaches with one central intention: seeing ourselves more clearly without making what we discover wrong.
Workshops & events
Experience the work rather than simply reading about it.
Explore upcoming workshops, groups and opportunities to work with Radical Acceptance directly.
View workshopsExplore the approach
Why do I react so strongly to some things?
Explore the difference between what happened and what it touched inside you.
Explore →How do I accept something I don’t like?
Stop arguing with what is already here so you can respond to it more clearly.
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